Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



J. SGHUDT & J. P. SOHUGH. Breech-Loading Fire-Arm.

0-- 197,742. Patented-Dec. b 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' J OHN SGHU'DT AND JOHANN PHILIPP SOHUOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. I

IMDPROWVVIEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,742, dated December4, 1877; application filed v October 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that W6,JOHN ScnUnr and JOHANNPHILIPP SoHUcH, both of New York 'city, in the county and State of NewYork,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms,of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of our improvedbreech-loading firearm, showing the parts in position ready for firing.

. Fig. 2 is a similar section of same, showing parts in position afterfiring. Fig. 3 is a detailed bottom viewoflthebreech-block; Fig.

4,21. face view, and Fig. 5 an edge view, on an enlarged scale, of thecartridge-shell extractor. Y I

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in all thefigures.

This inventionrelates to certain improvements on the breech-loadingfire-arm described in Letters Patent No. 191,721, granted June 5, 1877,to John Schudt.

The present invention consists in a new arrangement of the breech-blockfor bringing the'parts that are carried by the'same into more compactconnection; also, inan improved combination of the same with themechanism for-raising. and lowering the breechblock, and for compressingthe firing-spring;

ina new manner of actuating the shell-extractor, and new safety-slidefor locking the trigger, all as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanyingdrawing, the letter A represents the stock, and B thebarrel, of thetirearm. 0 is the breech-block, pivoted at a in the stock,and made with a concave top .to receive,

the cartridge while loading. The-lower part of the ,breech'block (J isgrooved to-receive and contain the sliding firing-pin D, the spring I),that actuates the same, and a downwardlyprojecting nose, 0!, on thefiring-pin. The shank of the firing-pin is hollowed, as shown, toreceive the front portion of the spring,

. and yetact as a guide during the movements of the pin. The back end ofthe spring I) bears against a removable pin, j, which is held in theback of .the breech-block. The sliding nose d carries abackwardly-projecting spring catch, 0, which, when the pin D is movedback, catches over a shoulder, f, of the block 0, as in Fig. 3, andholds the pin in position ready for firing. r

The trigger E, when moved to crowd the a new cartridge. F is raisedagainst the stock, the lever G is catch 0 aside, releases thefiring-pin, and permits the contracted spring I) to expand and move thefiring-pin rapidly forward.

Below the front portion of the breech-block O is pivoted in the stock B,at g, a U-shaped lever, G, which connects rigidly with the trigger-guardF. By swinging said trigger-guard swung forward, and the breech-blockelevated to close the breech end of the barrel, as in Fig. 1. The partsare then readyfor firing.

The cartridge-shell extractor H is also U- shaped, as shown in-Fig. 4,and is pivoted by a the same pin, g, which holds the lever G. A

shoulder, h, on the lower part of the extractor is struck by the lever Gwhen the latter has reached its most backward position, and theextractor'is thereby swung back to remove the empty shell just after theblock C has been lowered.

I is a safety-slide placed behindthe trigger, and provided with asuitable handle, so that it can be pushed into a notch, i, of thetrigger, to lock the same and prevent the accidental discharge of theloaded gun.

. We claim as our invention- 1. The breech-block 0, combined with thesliding firing-pin D, whose shank is madehollow, for receiving thespring I), and with the. Y

nose at on said firing-pin, and. with the springcatch 0, to operatesubstantially as herein shown and described.

2. The lever rigidly connected with the triggerguard F, and combinedwith the breech-block O, sliding nose d on the firingpin, and with thespring I) and catch 6, to operate substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

' JOHN SGHUDT.

JOHANN' PHILIPP SGHUGH. Witnesses: a ERNEST G. WEBB,

F. v. BRIEsEN.

